The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1887-08-10
TEA A6HERs' COLUMN.
JIG. CLINKsCALEs, EDITOR.
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This; school year; what its results are
no human being can tell. That there
are and will be results is as certain as
life, but just how great, and whether for
good or evil can not be recorded. The
effect Of influence is like the results of q
stone thrown into a lake of still water.
The waves it makes dc not stop until
they reach its furtherest shores. 1t is
said that; the vibrations produced by q
single spoken word reach around the
world. A few years ago while an astron.
omer was watching the sun. disturbance
was witnessed it was afterward ascer'
tanned that every telegraph instrument
on the globe was disturbed at that very
instant. Infinitely more subtle and per.
nanent are waves of thought and inAu-
ence. a single spoken word may start a
p1pii: on the road to, heaven or he'll. A
scholar has been known to leave school
room with hatred of his teacher, life
long in its effects.
Add the long columns of results.
What are their sums? Per cents? No!
Facts9 No. Memory work? No.
What then? Character. That is all
worth mentioning. Throw arithmetic to
the dogs. when you are estimating re-
suits. ALL the arithmetics on earth never
made a child good man, or q girl an
afsctionate woman. What shall we do !?
Leave off studying arithmetic, geogra
phN and shistorys No. But leave off
thinking that all the studies of Christen.
dom are anything but means, means :
that is all. The learning to read is of
no accouns, compared with the getting a
Doc, ) ,tor good read, high ideals, and the
building up ofias character: a school
journal advises the calling up of the
knotty questions Of the past for the pur.
spose 81 seeing that the:pupiIs have them
firmly in. their grip. Whether this be
good torlbad depends upon why these
knnotty questions are called up. Is it, it for aE
examination purposes; SO that the pupil
can: pass and be promotedf Then it is
bad. But if:it is for conquering an
obstacle so that the student can cry
ssviatnrv n, Eureka ~ then it, is grand.
When a boy grapples problem with the
g1rris, sI'll solve it, or I'll not eat my.
SUPPER he is educating in himself the
stuff out of which heroes are made;
when he stands, before g jury he will say,
.I'll convince them. OF I'll sit up all
night Ha throws all his energies into
that case as though; his life depended
upon his success. When heis q farmer,
he goes at his plow, and takes hold of his
axe withthe grip and grit Of Gen. Grant
before yicksburg. "Vicksburg must
fall,o Gran. said. 'This farm must pro,
duce CROP" the farmer says.
What have our schools this year done
for our civilization? It is pitiable and
pitiful how little many teachers and
school :boards care about results, real re.
suits, results that dno,a.t to- anythiRg;;
and how much they care about results
that amount to nothing; percentage
resuld frsp0i!ed results, paper results,
show results, nonsense results, rubbish
results. Results that fix in the mind
higher ideals, that excite noble thoughts
and aspirations; results that educate
icourageY conscience, and a consideration
for the lights Of others; results that
make childclesner, purer, more lovable
these results are y worth agonizing for.
The schools, where these results have
been reached; have done work that can
not be paid for in cash, or estimated by
the rules of percentage and interest,"
lsachers Institute.